1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/ibm_acpi.c b/drivers/acpi/ibm_acpi.c
index 130cc8c37e22..0e7682a88aa8 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/ibm_acpi.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/ibm_acpi.c
@@ -2516,13 +2516,12 @@ static int __init register_driver(struct ibm_struct *ibm)
 {
         int ret;
 
-        ibm->driver = kmalloc(sizeof(struct acpi_driver), GFP_KERNEL);
+        ibm->driver = kzalloc(sizeof(struct acpi_driver), GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!ibm->driver) {
                 printk(IBM_ERR "kmalloc(ibm->driver) failed\n");
                 return -1;
         }
 
-        memset(ibm->driver, 0, sizeof(struct acpi_driver));
         sprintf(ibm->driver->name, "%s_%s", IBM_NAME, ibm->name);
         ibm->driver->ids = ibm->hid;
         ibm->driver->ops.add = &ibm_device_add;